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REPUBLIC
ACT NO. 3106

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3106 - AN ACT TO
AMEND SECTION ONE HUNDRED SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE
HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PUBLIC LAND ACT, AS
AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO

Section 1. Section one
hundred seven of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Forty-One,
otherwise known as the Public Land Act, as amended by Republic Act
Numbered Eleven Hundred and Seventy-Two, is hereby further amended to
read as follows:

"Sec.
107. All patents or certificates for land granted
under this Act shall be prepared in the Bureau of Lands and shall be
issued in the name of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines
under the signature of the President of the Philippines: Provided,
however, That the President of the Philippines may delegate to the
Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources and/or the
Undersecretary for Natural Resources the power to sign patents or
certificates covering lands not exceeding one hundred forty-four
hectares in area, and to the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural
Resources the power to sign patents or certificates covering lands
exceeding one hundred forty-four hectares in area. Such patents or
certificates shall be effective only for the purposes defined in
Section one hundred and twenty-two of the Land Registration Act, and
actual conveyance of the land shall be effected only as provided in
said section."